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I did that test...and I scored 631 with Omega drivers !! is something wrong with my card?..How can a CPU bottleneck it soo much. :( I will try to get my hands on a P4 some time though.

Is there an application/game/benchmark that stresses ONLY the video card?
 
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Have you tried 3Dmark 06 yet? I've just bought an X1950GT (same as pro but slower clocks). I scored 3418 3Dmarks. My system is way past it's sell by date (see specs)

Main Test Results

3DMark Score 3418 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1497 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 1653 Marks
CPU Score 782 Marks

So your scores should be better than that. (proabably alot better)

I'm using catalyst 7.5 atm. Tried the latest omega drivers but they didn't recognise my card. :S
 
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Just got 6321 in 3D '05 (2811 for CPU)
 

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about 2500 in 3dmark05. and about 2000 in 3dmark06. :(
 
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What's your cpu score like in '06? It might be worth getting something like sisoft sandra and taking a look at what is says about your board and memory configuration. You might have something setup wrong somewhere.
 
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I doubt it's the card since the stability test also takes the rest of your system into consideration.

But yeah your CPU motherboard is probably holding it back.

This is something I read in a thread somewhere:-
The GPU is like a car and the CPU is like the driver.

You need a good CPU to handle this GPU.You need a good driver to control the car.

So yeah go for option one I gave you if you want total control of this card.

Go for the P4 if you don't mind some bottlenecking.
Just remember 3.0 & up only!

I'll be reformatting my main HDD Sunday or Monday since driver cleaner doesn't seem to be doing it's job properly.
Reminants of nVidia drivers still in the system and I can't get rid of nv4display.dll out of system32 folder.

Delete it and a new one pops up in its place!:mad:

Anyway I'll see if anything gets better after.

Using just the Catalyst display drivers without the control centre at the moment since I seem to be getting best gaming performance this way.:wtf:
 
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VeDz my ATi tray tools benchmark you asked for.

This is the end result with my P4 3.0E HT 478 @ 3.2Ghz and Sapphire ATi 1950pro 512mb

I'm not too sure if thats good or not though.:p
 

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What's your cpu score like in '06? It might be worth getting something like sisoft sandra and taking a look at what is says about your board and memory configuration. You might have something setup wrong somewhere.

can you tell me how do I use the SiSoft Sandra software? I have downloaded it, but it has so many options.
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To Widjaja,

Yup, I think I will definetly get a P4. Probably in like 2 weeks. However, I don't think my motherboard an support one with more than 3.2Ghz of speed.
 
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just have a look at the mainboard information, cpu and bios information and see if there are any warnings. its also worth doing some cpu and memory bandwidth benchmarks to see how bad the situation really is. There should hopefully be something in the list of systems that they've benchmarked that yours is similar to so you can compare.

I'm very suprised at how slow your results are. I just ran an ati tray tools benchmark and got 5258.25.
 

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According to SiSoft Sandra, my cpu benchmarks compare fairly well to other cpus. Like the Athlon XP 3200+ and pentium 4 2.8ghz.

So maybe this might not be the problem? I also did the memory benchmark, and I find that a bit fishy. I will let you know more about that.

rodneyhchef, what do you get for Super Pi scores?

Also, playing games with a lot of units/characters really shows the FPS lag then. Could it be a ram problem?
 
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Are you talking about VeDz ATi tray tools benchmark or mine?

Yeah it's important to now about everything in a PC when it comes to performance.

If one things seriously lacking it weighs the rest of the hardware down.

I may do a bit OCing to my CPU since the temps are idling at 47deg and see if it makes any difference in ATi tray tools benchmark.

Seems the arctic5 thermal grease is doing it's job.:)

I might download 3Dmark 06 and see what I get.
 
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which version of sandra are you running? you can't compare one version's benchmarks to another. So the sort of numbers I get may not mean anything compared to yours. I can't get the latest version to run for some reason, so I'm using sandra 2005.Sr2a. I'm not sure what "super Pi" is?

Widjaja - VeDz's results, not yours. ;)
 
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Only read last page, has spyware been taken out of equation, your rig may be lagged badly by that kinda shit going on in the background, more than others with what your specs are!
 

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My CPU is currently idling at 19 degrees :( There is SOOO much potential for overclocking, but it just won't go past 3.19 ghz
 

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I actually reformatted this comp, after I received the X1950 Pro.
 
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So what kind of memory bandwidth are you getting? That kind of bench mark should be comparable between versions. It shouldn't be far off 3.2GB/s or 6.4 if you have dual channel. Mines something like 2.9 :(
 

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yep, its 2933 mb/s

I honestly don't know what the heck is wrong :|
 
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Well. . . .thats me out of answers:twitch:

Since you have your mind set on a P4, go for a 3Ghz HT at least.
Northwoods don't run as hot but are not too OCable.
Prescotts are definitley a mini heater in your PC but with the right cooling I've read they can be OCed to 3.8Ghz stable.

Do you have the latest BIOS for you motherboard?
What FSB is that Celeron 533 or 800?
lol I have a P4 2.4Ghz 533which can be OCed for sale but if were you I would pass.:D

A little later down the track you can look for a better motherboard if it has a limited BIOS

P.S what software are you using to find what memory band width you are using?
 

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:O I thought my motherboard didn't support HT, now I did some research and it indeed does! yay! I would buy your P4 and OC it, if I had any spare money with me right now :)

The software is SiSoft Sandra.
 
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Well, its weird. The name of my motherboard is that one. It looks like that too. Same features and everything. Except, the only difference is that the one in your link is a Socket 775 and mine is a socket 478. I wish it was a 775 :( But, I don't know if it supports dual channel or not.

This is the one. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=P4M8M4-COMB44&cpc=SCH
 
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Only thing I can think of is is the on-board VGA disabled in the bios? I'd go through all the bios settings for integrated peripherals and double check what's enabled and what's disabled.
 

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I think my memory might be slow :| I guess that explains why it I get FPS lag in applications/games where there are a lot of units. Is there a way to benchmark memory? other than SiSoft Sandra? I have two sticks of ram, each same brand 512mb and 225mhz...
 
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your memory bandwidth is the same as mine, so I don't think the issue is with your RAM. Have you had a look through your bios yet?
 
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